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Page 1: Session 4: Overview - Centers for Disease Control · Session 4: Overview Healthy Eating Healthy eating is determined both by what we eat and the way we eat. To eat healthier, try

National Diabetes Prevention Program 1

Quick Fact

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Session 4 Overview

Healthy Eating

Healthy eating is determined both by what we eat and the way we eat To eat healthier try to eat at regular times Eat slowly to digest food better Eating slowly also makes us more aware of what we are eating And donrsquot worry about cleaning your plate These are just a few of the many tricks for changing how we eat Find out more

MyPlate

MyPlate is a general guide to healthy eating It is based on t he latest research about nutrition and health It was developed by the US Department of Agriculture and has suggestions for how much people should eat depending on their sex age and level of physical activity

The plate image on page 3 shows

us the amount we need of each food group Go to choosemyplategov to learn more about this useful tool

The suggestions offered in MyPlate can help us make better food choices They give us ideas for changing the way we eat

During the week use the MyPlate information found in these handouts and on the website to practice changing how you eat

To prevent type 2 diabetes should you avoid eating starchy foods such as bread potatoes and pasta

No Starchy foods are part of a healthy meal plan for people with or without diabetes What is important is the amount we eat Whole grain breads cereals pasta rice and starchy vegetables like potatoes yams peas and corn can be part of your meals and snacks

The key is the amount For most people with diabetes having 3 or 4 servings of bread fruit or starchy foods is about right Whole grain starchy foods are also a good source of fiber They help keep your gut healthy

Set up a regular pattern of eating

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Ways to Eat Healthy

Eating less fat and fewer calories is an important part of losing weight But that is only one important part of healthy eating Another part of healthy eating is changing the way we eat and what we eat Here are a few tips to help

Spread your calories out through the day Doing so helps keep y ou from getting too hungry and losing control Eat 3 meals each day and 1 or 2

healthy snacks

Do not skip m eals

Try to eat at the same time each day Regular meals will also keep yo u from getting too hungry and losing control

Eat slowly

Try pausing between bites Put down your fork and take a break between bi tes Drink water with m eals and enjoy the taste of your food Eating slowly will help you mdash

Digest your food better

Be more aware of what you are eating

Be more aware of when you are full

Donrsquot worry about cleaning your plate

Serve yourself smaller portions to begin wi th

The greatest waste of food is eating more than yo u want or need

Change your eating environment

Eat with o thers

Do not eat while watching television o r doing anything else that can take

your attention away from your meal

Use tools like MyPlate to help yo u choose healthier foods in amounts that you need

National Diabetes Prevention Program 2

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate

Source US Department of Agriculture ChooseMyPlategov

Grainsndash Make at least half of the grains you eat whole grains

Vegetables ndash Vary your veggies

Fruitsndash Focus on fruits

Dairy ndash Get your calcium-rich foods

Proteinsndash Go lean with protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 3

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Food Choices

This table shows examples of low-fat and high-fathigh-calorie foods for each group

Food group Low-fat and low-calorie foods

(in ounce or cups) High-fat high-calorie or

high-sugar foods

Grains

1 slice whole wheat bread or 6rdquo tortilla frac12 bagel English muffin pita bread 4 to 6 low-fat crackers frac12 cup cooked cereal whole wheat

pasta bulgur or brown rice 1 cup dry whole wheat cereal

Croissants sweet rolls doughnuts muffins Danish pastries biscuits high-fat crackers regular tortilla chips fried tortillas

Granola-type cereals or sugar-coated cereals

Vegetables

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 cup raw leafy vegetables frac12 cup cooked vegetables frac12 cup vegetable juice

Vegetables with butter or margarine cream or cheese sauces

Fried vegetables

Fruits

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 small fresh fruit (25rdquo diameter) frac12 cup canned fruit or 100 fruit juice frac14 cup dried fruit

Fruits in pastry (example fruit pies) Coconuts Dried fruit Juices or drinks sweetened with

sugar Fruit canned in syrup Large amounts of any fruit juice

Dairy

1 cup skim or 1 milk 1 cup low-fat soy milk or lactose-free milk 8 fluid ounce low-fat or nonfat yogurt 1frac12 ounce low-fat or nonfat cheese (less

than 2 grams fat per ounce)

2 or whole milk Regular cheese (more than 2 grams

fat per ounce) Yogurt with sugar

Proteins

1 ounce cooked lean meat poultry (without skin) or fish

frac12 cup tuna canned in water frac14 cup cooked dry beans lentils or peas 1 egg or frac14 cup egg substitute 1 Tablespoon peanut butter frac12 ounce nuts or seeds

Bacon sausage hot dogs hamburgers luncheon meats most red meats (except lean trimmed cuts)

Chicken or turkey with skin Tuna canned in oil Beans cooked in lard or salt pork

National Diabetes Prevention Program 4

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Choices

The food groups of MyPlate are listed below Write down your ideas for low-fat food choices in each of these food groups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 5

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Rate Your Plate

In the table below each row lists a different food group and each column represents 1 ounce or 1 cup (the number at the top is used to show how many servings those ounces or cups are adding up to)

1 Pick one day from last weekrsquos Food and Activity Tracker Fill in that dayrsquos date in the chart below

2 Check one box for every frac12 ounce or frac12 cup of each food group that you ate The shaded boxes indicate the lowest number of ounces or cups suggested per day

3 Record what you ate for the selected day Start with breakfast and move through the day Donrsquot worry about being exact We are just trying to get the general idea about healthy eating

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 6

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Eating As MyPlate Suggests

Write in the foods you would eat in one day for each of the food groups

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 7

Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

Page 2: Session 4: Overview - Centers for Disease Control · Session 4: Overview Healthy Eating Healthy eating is determined both by what we eat and the way we eat. To eat healthier, try

Set up a regular pattern of eating

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Ways to Eat Healthy

Eating less fat and fewer calories is an important part of losing weight But that is only one important part of healthy eating Another part of healthy eating is changing the way we eat and what we eat Here are a few tips to help

Spread your calories out through the day Doing so helps keep y ou from getting too hungry and losing control Eat 3 meals each day and 1 or 2

healthy snacks

Do not skip m eals

Try to eat at the same time each day Regular meals will also keep yo u from getting too hungry and losing control

Eat slowly

Try pausing between bites Put down your fork and take a break between bi tes Drink water with m eals and enjoy the taste of your food Eating slowly will help you mdash

Digest your food better

Be more aware of what you are eating

Be more aware of when you are full

Donrsquot worry about cleaning your plate

Serve yourself smaller portions to begin wi th

The greatest waste of food is eating more than yo u want or need

Change your eating environment

Eat with o thers

Do not eat while watching television o r doing anything else that can take

your attention away from your meal

Use tools like MyPlate to help yo u choose healthier foods in amounts that you need

National Diabetes Prevention Program 2

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate

Source US Department of Agriculture ChooseMyPlategov

Grainsndash Make at least half of the grains you eat whole grains

Vegetables ndash Vary your veggies

Fruitsndash Focus on fruits

Dairy ndash Get your calcium-rich foods

Proteinsndash Go lean with protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 3

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Food Choices

This table shows examples of low-fat and high-fathigh-calorie foods for each group

Food group Low-fat and low-calorie foods

(in ounce or cups) High-fat high-calorie or

high-sugar foods

Grains

1 slice whole wheat bread or 6rdquo tortilla frac12 bagel English muffin pita bread 4 to 6 low-fat crackers frac12 cup cooked cereal whole wheat

pasta bulgur or brown rice 1 cup dry whole wheat cereal

Croissants sweet rolls doughnuts muffins Danish pastries biscuits high-fat crackers regular tortilla chips fried tortillas

Granola-type cereals or sugar-coated cereals

Vegetables

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 cup raw leafy vegetables frac12 cup cooked vegetables frac12 cup vegetable juice

Vegetables with butter or margarine cream or cheese sauces

Fried vegetables

Fruits

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 small fresh fruit (25rdquo diameter) frac12 cup canned fruit or 100 fruit juice frac14 cup dried fruit

Fruits in pastry (example fruit pies) Coconuts Dried fruit Juices or drinks sweetened with

sugar Fruit canned in syrup Large amounts of any fruit juice

Dairy

1 cup skim or 1 milk 1 cup low-fat soy milk or lactose-free milk 8 fluid ounce low-fat or nonfat yogurt 1frac12 ounce low-fat or nonfat cheese (less

than 2 grams fat per ounce)

2 or whole milk Regular cheese (more than 2 grams

fat per ounce) Yogurt with sugar

Proteins

1 ounce cooked lean meat poultry (without skin) or fish

frac12 cup tuna canned in water frac14 cup cooked dry beans lentils or peas 1 egg or frac14 cup egg substitute 1 Tablespoon peanut butter frac12 ounce nuts or seeds

Bacon sausage hot dogs hamburgers luncheon meats most red meats (except lean trimmed cuts)

Chicken or turkey with skin Tuna canned in oil Beans cooked in lard or salt pork

National Diabetes Prevention Program 4

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Choices

The food groups of MyPlate are listed below Write down your ideas for low-fat food choices in each of these food groups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 5

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Rate Your Plate

In the table below each row lists a different food group and each column represents 1 ounce or 1 cup (the number at the top is used to show how many servings those ounces or cups are adding up to)

1 Pick one day from last weekrsquos Food and Activity Tracker Fill in that dayrsquos date in the chart below

2 Check one box for every frac12 ounce or frac12 cup of each food group that you ate The shaded boxes indicate the lowest number of ounces or cups suggested per day

3 Record what you ate for the selected day Start with breakfast and move through the day Donrsquot worry about being exact We are just trying to get the general idea about healthy eating

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 6

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Eating As MyPlate Suggests

Write in the foods you would eat in one day for each of the food groups

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 7

Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

Page 3: Session 4: Overview - Centers for Disease Control · Session 4: Overview Healthy Eating Healthy eating is determined both by what we eat and the way we eat. To eat healthier, try

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate

Source US Department of Agriculture ChooseMyPlategov

Grainsndash Make at least half of the grains you eat whole grains

Vegetables ndash Vary your veggies

Fruitsndash Focus on fruits

Dairy ndash Get your calcium-rich foods

Proteinsndash Go lean with protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 3

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Food Choices

This table shows examples of low-fat and high-fathigh-calorie foods for each group

Food group Low-fat and low-calorie foods

(in ounce or cups) High-fat high-calorie or

high-sugar foods

Grains

1 slice whole wheat bread or 6rdquo tortilla frac12 bagel English muffin pita bread 4 to 6 low-fat crackers frac12 cup cooked cereal whole wheat

pasta bulgur or brown rice 1 cup dry whole wheat cereal

Croissants sweet rolls doughnuts muffins Danish pastries biscuits high-fat crackers regular tortilla chips fried tortillas

Granola-type cereals or sugar-coated cereals

Vegetables

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 cup raw leafy vegetables frac12 cup cooked vegetables frac12 cup vegetable juice

Vegetables with butter or margarine cream or cheese sauces

Fried vegetables

Fruits

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 small fresh fruit (25rdquo diameter) frac12 cup canned fruit or 100 fruit juice frac14 cup dried fruit

Fruits in pastry (example fruit pies) Coconuts Dried fruit Juices or drinks sweetened with

sugar Fruit canned in syrup Large amounts of any fruit juice

Dairy

1 cup skim or 1 milk 1 cup low-fat soy milk or lactose-free milk 8 fluid ounce low-fat or nonfat yogurt 1frac12 ounce low-fat or nonfat cheese (less

than 2 grams fat per ounce)

2 or whole milk Regular cheese (more than 2 grams

fat per ounce) Yogurt with sugar

Proteins

1 ounce cooked lean meat poultry (without skin) or fish

frac12 cup tuna canned in water frac14 cup cooked dry beans lentils or peas 1 egg or frac14 cup egg substitute 1 Tablespoon peanut butter frac12 ounce nuts or seeds

Bacon sausage hot dogs hamburgers luncheon meats most red meats (except lean trimmed cuts)

Chicken or turkey with skin Tuna canned in oil Beans cooked in lard or salt pork

National Diabetes Prevention Program 4

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Choices

The food groups of MyPlate are listed below Write down your ideas for low-fat food choices in each of these food groups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 5

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Rate Your Plate

In the table below each row lists a different food group and each column represents 1 ounce or 1 cup (the number at the top is used to show how many servings those ounces or cups are adding up to)

1 Pick one day from last weekrsquos Food and Activity Tracker Fill in that dayrsquos date in the chart below

2 Check one box for every frac12 ounce or frac12 cup of each food group that you ate The shaded boxes indicate the lowest number of ounces or cups suggested per day

3 Record what you ate for the selected day Start with breakfast and move through the day Donrsquot worry about being exact We are just trying to get the general idea about healthy eating

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 6

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Eating As MyPlate Suggests

Write in the foods you would eat in one day for each of the food groups

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 7

Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

Page 4: Session 4: Overview - Centers for Disease Control · Session 4: Overview Healthy Eating Healthy eating is determined both by what we eat and the way we eat. To eat healthier, try

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Food Choices

This table shows examples of low-fat and high-fathigh-calorie foods for each group

Food group Low-fat and low-calorie foods

(in ounce or cups) High-fat high-calorie or

high-sugar foods

Grains

1 slice whole wheat bread or 6rdquo tortilla frac12 bagel English muffin pita bread 4 to 6 low-fat crackers frac12 cup cooked cereal whole wheat

pasta bulgur or brown rice 1 cup dry whole wheat cereal

Croissants sweet rolls doughnuts muffins Danish pastries biscuits high-fat crackers regular tortilla chips fried tortillas

Granola-type cereals or sugar-coated cereals

Vegetables

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 cup raw leafy vegetables frac12 cup cooked vegetables frac12 cup vegetable juice

Vegetables with butter or margarine cream or cheese sauces

Fried vegetables

Fruits

frac12 cup serving equals mdash 1 small fresh fruit (25rdquo diameter) frac12 cup canned fruit or 100 fruit juice frac14 cup dried fruit

Fruits in pastry (example fruit pies) Coconuts Dried fruit Juices or drinks sweetened with

sugar Fruit canned in syrup Large amounts of any fruit juice

Dairy

1 cup skim or 1 milk 1 cup low-fat soy milk or lactose-free milk 8 fluid ounce low-fat or nonfat yogurt 1frac12 ounce low-fat or nonfat cheese (less

than 2 grams fat per ounce)

2 or whole milk Regular cheese (more than 2 grams

fat per ounce) Yogurt with sugar

Proteins

1 ounce cooked lean meat poultry (without skin) or fish

frac12 cup tuna canned in water frac14 cup cooked dry beans lentils or peas 1 egg or frac14 cup egg substitute 1 Tablespoon peanut butter frac12 ounce nuts or seeds

Bacon sausage hot dogs hamburgers luncheon meats most red meats (except lean trimmed cuts)

Chicken or turkey with skin Tuna canned in oil Beans cooked in lard or salt pork

National Diabetes Prevention Program 4

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Choices

The food groups of MyPlate are listed below Write down your ideas for low-fat food choices in each of these food groups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 5

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Rate Your Plate

In the table below each row lists a different food group and each column represents 1 ounce or 1 cup (the number at the top is used to show how many servings those ounces or cups are adding up to)

1 Pick one day from last weekrsquos Food and Activity Tracker Fill in that dayrsquos date in the chart below

2 Check one box for every frac12 ounce or frac12 cup of each food group that you ate The shaded boxes indicate the lowest number of ounces or cups suggested per day

3 Record what you ate for the selected day Start with breakfast and move through the day Donrsquot worry about being exact We are just trying to get the general idea about healthy eating

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 6

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Eating As MyPlate Suggests

Write in the foods you would eat in one day for each of the food groups

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 7

Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

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___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

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Session 4 Healthy Eating

MyPlate Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Choices

The food groups of MyPlate are listed below Write down your ideas for low-fat food choices in each of these food groups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Protein

National Diabetes Prevention Program 5

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Rate Your Plate

In the table below each row lists a different food group and each column represents 1 ounce or 1 cup (the number at the top is used to show how many servings those ounces or cups are adding up to)

1 Pick one day from last weekrsquos Food and Activity Tracker Fill in that dayrsquos date in the chart below

2 Check one box for every frac12 ounce or frac12 cup of each food group that you ate The shaded boxes indicate the lowest number of ounces or cups suggested per day

3 Record what you ate for the selected day Start with breakfast and move through the day Donrsquot worry about being exact We are just trying to get the general idea about healthy eating

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 6

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Eating As MyPlate Suggests

Write in the foods you would eat in one day for each of the food groups

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 7

Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

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Session 4 Healthy Eating

Rate Your Plate

In the table below each row lists a different food group and each column represents 1 ounce or 1 cup (the number at the top is used to show how many servings those ounces or cups are adding up to)

1 Pick one day from last weekrsquos Food and Activity Tracker Fill in that dayrsquos date in the chart below

2 Check one box for every frac12 ounce or frac12 cup of each food group that you ate The shaded boxes indicate the lowest number of ounces or cups suggested per day

3 Record what you ate for the selected day Start with breakfast and move through the day Donrsquot worry about being exact We are just trying to get the general idea about healthy eating

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 6

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Eating As MyPlate Suggests

Write in the foods you would eat in one day for each of the food groups

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 7

Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

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Session 4 Healthy Eating

Eating As MyPlate Suggests

Write in the foods you would eat in one day for each of the food groups

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 7

Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

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Pick low-fat foods

Choose fresh fr uit and vegetables for snacks

Use skim or 1 milk

Instead of high-fat foods

Use low-fat versions of foods

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions

Here are some choices we could make instead of high-fat or high-calorie foods

Serve vegetarian di nners several times a week

Eat fruit for dessert

Use low-fat or fat-free margarine mayonnaise cheese cream cheese salad dressing frozen yogurt sour cream

Use low-fat flavorings

To flavor these foods

Use these low-fat flavorings

Vegetables potatoes

Low-fat margarine (small amount) nonfat sour cream nonfat broth low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt salsa herbs mustard lemon juice

Bread Nonfat cream cheese low-fat margarine (small amount) all-fruit jams

Pancakes Fruit low-calorie syrup unsweetened applesauce crushed berries

Salads Nonfat or low-fat salad dressing lemon juice vinegar

Pasta rice Spaghetti sauce with low-fat protein chopped vegetables white sauce made with skim or 1 milk

National Diabetes Prevention Program 8

Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

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Session 4 Healthy Eating

My Food Substitutions (continued)

Instead of high-fat foods

Find ways to lower the fat in the meats you eat

Buy lean cuts (round loin sirloin leg)

Trim all the fat you can see

Remove the skin from chicken and turkey This can be done before or after cooking

Choose white meat poultry

Drain-off fat after cooking meat and blot the meat with a paper towel Put ground beef in a colander after cooking and rinse it with hot water

Flavor meats with low-fat flavorings such as BBQ sauce hot sauce catsup lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce

Avoid frying foods Cook in healthier ways

Poach or boil eggs or egg whites or scramble them with vegetable cooking spray

Use two egg whites instead of a whole egg

Microwave steam or boil vegetables in a small amount of water

Cook meats without adding fat (see ideas above)

Bake roast broil barbecue or grill instead of frying

Stir-fry Heat pan to high heat Add no more than 1 teaspoon oil or use vegetable cooking spray or fat-free broth Add thinly sliced meat Stir until cooked well

National Diabetes Prevention Program 9

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

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___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Session 4 Healthy Eating

To-Do Next Week

During the next week I will mdash

Keep track of my weight and what I eat using my Food and Activity Tracker

Fill out the Rate Your Plate form on 3 days

Answer these questions before the next session

Did you make any changes during the week to match the MyPlate guidelines with what you ate If yes what were they

What problems did you have How did you solve them

Practice Rating Your Plate

Use the extra forms on the pages that follow to compare what you ate with the choices of MyPlate

National Diabetes Prevention Program 10

Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11

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Session 4 Healthy Eating

Extra Rate-Your-Plate Forms

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

Date

1 ozcup

2 ozcups

3 ozcups

4 ozcups

5 ozcups

6 ozcups

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Dairy

Proteins

National Diabetes Prevention Program 11